Rio is not the only place where it's raining medals - it is in Harry's World as well!Can't believe I'm spreading this news so soon after the Global Ebook Award, but I am...I have to share it!A couple of weeks ago I announced that Harry's World was a finalist in the 2016 IAN Book of the Year Awards (Independent Author Network, based in Canada).Well, I jumped for joy this evening when I opened the email telling me that Harry's World had won the Mystery Category, being the "Outstanding" novel in that group. So, first place/gold medal equivalent! So happy here.And Harry's World, being the category winner, is still in the running for best fiction book of the year.Cheers,ABP

We were just on out way out this Sunday afternoon in Sydney to see the new Absolutely Fabulous movie (and it was hilarious!) and got the email from the U.S. telling me that Harry's World had won the bronze medal in the Fiction - Mystery category of the 2016 Global Ebook Awards.​Great to see Harry being appreciated!

THANK YOU & MERCI BEAUCOUP!To all my readers, so far, thank you so much for showing the interest in reading Harry's World and for the overwhelmingly positive feedback you've given me. Nothing better than someone saying they were up half the night reading it, and when's the next one coming out? I know that's how I feel with a book I've loved reading, so if Harry's World is doing that for you, then I am truly stoked.Rest assured I am working on the sequel, and will keep you posted via this blog.I've also fielded lots of great questions over the last few months about Harry's World, so I'll be doing some blogs over the coming weeks to talk about some of those points. Stay tuned for chats about government corruption, policing, social issues, power dynamics, and just how much of Harry's World is based on fact. Just how much is actually quite scary...Cheers,ABP

I do love getting good news emails from around the world for Harry's World. Sorry if that sounds a bit self-indulgent, but with all the work that went into the novel, I'll happily soak up any positive feedback.So, today, I found out that the international Canada-based Independent Author Network (IAN), of which I'm a member, has selected Harry's World as a Finalist in their 2016 Book of the Year Awards (Mystery category). And, Harry's World is still in contention to go further and take out one of the prizes, so fingers crossed.Now, back to knuckling down for that sequel.....Cheers,ABP